#C55D32#C55D32

#C55D32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.145 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D32
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 50)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 38.70, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 58.06, 48.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.108 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.145 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5187, 19.9328, 5.4153)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D32 #329AC5

analogous

#C53250 #C55D32 #C5A632

triadic

#C55D32 #32C55D #5D32C5

tetradic

#C55D32 #50C532 #329AC5 #A632C5

square

#C55D32 #50C532 #329AC5 #A632C5

split-complementary

#C55D32 #32C5A6 #3250C5

monochromatic

#632F19 #944626 #C55D32 #D6815E #E3A78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C55D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#C55D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D32

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D32	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.145 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8d6c',
    500: '#c55d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d32;
$custom-light: #de8d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.551,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59868,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D32

secondary

#86B8CD

accent

#B5E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D32

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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